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բանտ

բանտ

Armenian

Noun

բանտ (bant)

  1. prison, jail

Declension

Synonyms

  • զնդան (zndan), արգելարան (argelaran), կալանատուն (kalanatun)

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is բանդ (band), from Middle Iranian *band (bonds; prison). Compare Persian بند (band, tie, chain, shackle). The Iranian word is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-.

Noun

բանտ (bant)

  1. prison, jail
    դնել ի բանտի, արկանել ի բանտdnel i banti, arkanel i bant ― to imprison
    խուսել ի բանտէxusel i bantē ― to make one's escape from prison, to escape
    հանգել ի բանտhangel i bant ― to let out of prison
    ելանել ի բանտէelanel i bantē ― to go out of prison

Declension

Synonyms

  • զնդան (zndan)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բանտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բանտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935